Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-11
THE HARTFORD HORROR.
PROGRESS OF THE lNVESTlGA ION
AS TO ITS CAUSE.
Griends Prevented From Seeing the I'm
identified Remains The Com
mission Act in the Waiter
The Search Abandoned.
speclaI Despatch to The Free Press.

10y BdRGuGtult~lt W. NtS call Il. lie
thought that cars with the Miller coupler
would ii there was any departure from
a straight line come apart If the coupler
dad broken would most likely feel it.
In applying the air brake the first cars
would feel it first aud there is a kind of a
yank for every other car that was not, he
thought, the jar he felt the cars were not
connected with chains could not tell how
tar from the end of the bridge when he
eli the jar
Brakeman George Parker of Charleston.
y. H., was in forward part of the train :
was standing at the rear end of first
coach; thought the train was of the
track, instantly got out of car, probably
about 30 feet from the bridge. when he
GOT out on the platform could see the ice
II the river, jumped and rolled over
ana when he got up could see the cars in
me river; they were moving seven or
eight miles an hour when he jumped he
struck about - feet from the abutment (:
when he picked himself up he came up
tie bank his mead covered with snow and
llr cap lost started across the bridge and
vent TO the rest of the train met two or
-hree passengers on the bridge met
fierce about in the middle thought first
ne would walk to the junction, but then
vent to get team, first helping a woman
20 She house from the ice; stopped to mott
~ several neighbors including doctor
Tie noticed when the air brakes were APP
piled; thought it was near the crossing
MS side of the bridge did not notice
shat conductor or himself should apply
air brakes at time Of trouble either could
1ayre dana u, IL.
If by engineer; his duty knowing car to
BE of the track was to pull the cord set
lng the air brakes was SO excited he did
not can NOT remember going out of the
EAR it was shaking very badly. and he
vas sure 1t was on the ties thinks there
we're either p or 80 passengers in the car:
Went through Springfield coach while
Iere but others got in afterward from the
P&S-unpSlc; went through Springfield
Sleeper; only knew as to number of pas
Sengers from what conductor told him:
could not tell why he did not apply the
air brakes before he Jumped noticed
IL had slowed up before bridge
Thought the rear trucks of his car were
III by the fire he saw he thought
the rear car was Off was out of the door
Ak the instant of the knowledge of some
ming wrong; could not say whether
StNrteVant applied the air brakes as he
vas standing close by the rope: it
was the paramount duty of train.
man 10 apply the air brakes in
cases OF danger felt piece of iron with in
- or 20 feet of the bridge and . or feet
trom the track which he thought was his
cap but could not tell whether it was re-
Gently thrown there or not; felt no I'M
usual jar till that Immediately preceding
his 5Ump
David Prev of Providence, r. l., one of
she passengers was examined. Nothing Of
Importance was elected from him except
la; he could not Judge of the relative
position of the jar to the bridge because
ne was a stranger to the territory"
)Ut thought it was "momentous," could
lcc get down from the bridge TO the
week because he was a stranger to the
territory. AMI that he rendered no assist
ence 70 he wrecked because he was
stranger to the territory"
Iharles &. Domett, cashier of the MAYER
!c+ bank, Boston, who has been reported
Is dead, appeared before the commission
and told his story Us follows; Was in the
Boston sleeper, AMI retired after leaving
Concord slept sOundly until he was
aroused by the bobbing of the truck
when it went over the car struck on the
corner; it was impossible to get into the
car whether he was stunned or not could
not say but was partially covered by water
ne was covered by a mass of blankets
wFeckage, etc, and had but little room
he saw light only about as big as an
egg and kicked a hole through and
got air he was almost suffocated
4 lady in the next berth was also almost
sunocated, he broke the partition and
Supplied her air; she was also confined and
held fast by mass OF things. A man
with an axe came along and broke a hole
through aud ne succeeded in getting out
He then noticed the car was on fire,
worked for some time but could not get out
me lady, who, he had previously noticed,
vas about % years old and we'll dressed
This was the last car that caught fire
Gould not say where the car was when he
Snew of the first trouble and the falling
sensation. There We're four young fel-
iOws, this lady already spoke of. Mr.
BeauVoir and wife, Il short thick set young
-ellow, with close cropped moustache, a
~sndy-haired man with long face, the
'1dy he supposed 10 be Miss Dunbar a
gentleman and wife who he thinks are of
he trappeur party, c. A. Hubbard and
himself. He thought there were II in the
car. He can account for saved and could
not say anything about the other cars.
Howard l.. Smith of Gloucester, Mass
retired to his berth in the Boston sleeper
lid not notice anything out of the way
here was rumbling or bobbing of
trucks he judged by the swaying that the
last truck went oil the track did not
mink the train was going fast because the
.srs were very distinct; could not tell
what kind Of oil was used Right at this
point eX-Gov Smith said that kerosene
vas used. Got ont of the car himself when
ne got out the forward car was afire
3ut his own car was not afire: thought il
took half minute to get ont saw nc
others get out there We're men at work